Nurse Practitioner Candidate

Are you seeking a rewarding and diverse Nurse Practitioner Candidate role in a leading regional hospital? Join the Latrobe Valley Community Mental Health Team at Latrobe Regional Health, where we value our employees by providing a safe and supportive workplace culture that enables you to thrive. 

Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) is looking for a Nurse Practitioner Candidate to join our growing team on an ongoing full-time basis.

About the Role

As a Nurse Practitioner Candidate, you will work in an advanced nursing practice capacity, delivering high-quality, evidence-based mental health care within a multidisciplinary community team.

You will:

• Conduct specialist mental health assessments, diagnosis, and interventions
• Deliver evidence-based treatment and care planning for diverse populations
• Strengthen referral pathways and collaborate with primary care, hospitals, and community services
• Provide education and consultation to consumers, carers, and healthcare providers
• Support integrated, person-centred care across the service system
• Contribute to leadership, service development, and quality improvement initiatives

You will work within your Registered Nurse scope while completing the required 5,000 advanced practice hours and other criteria for Nurse Practitioner endorsement.

Leadership & Development

This role offers strong professional growth and leadership opportunities. You will:

• Provide clinical leadership, mentoring, and supervision to nursing staff
• Contribute to workforce development, education, and training programs
• Participate in research, service innovation, and quality improvement
• Engage in clinical governance and organisational initiatives
• Actively contribute to the Nurse Practitioner Candidate Program, including supervision, professional development, and portfolio development

Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service

About you

You are a compassionate and adaptable clinician with strong leadership capability and a commitment to mental health care excellence.

Essential:

• Registered Nurse (Division 1 or 3 with psychiatric qualification) with AHPRA
• Master of Nursing / Nurse Practitioner (or working toward / willing to enrol)
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in mental health nursing
• Demonstrated advanced clinical skills and decision-making ability
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams
• Knowledge of relevant mental health legislation and national standards

Desirable:

• Additional postgraduate qualifications
• Experience in research, quality improvement, or project work
• Membership with a professional nursing organisation

Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
• Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
• Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
• A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
• Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.

Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contact Melissa De Klepper, Adult and Older Adult Manager – LV CMHS via email: Melissa.DeKlepper@lrh.com.au for a confidential discussion.

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description

About us

Located in the picturesque region of Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) offers the perfect balance between career and lifestyle. Enjoy easy access to Melbourne, stunning beaches, majestic mountains, and serene lakes. With flexible working hours, you can make the most of what Gippsland has to offer.

LRH cares for a population of about 300,000 and is the regional provider of specialist services. Our catchment covers 42,000 square kilometres, from Phillip Island to Mallacoota in the far east of Victoria. LRH offers cardiac care, surgery, medical, renal, emergency care, aged care, women's and children's services, pharmacy, allied health and rehabilitation. Medical and radiation oncology are offered by the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre.

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with the $223.5 million expansion completed in March 2024, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increased medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

Diversity and inclusion

We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email: AboriginalHealthUnit@lrh.com.au 

How to apply

Join us in our mission to provide exceptional healthcare services to our community. Apply today and make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. Please click the APPLY button to be directed to our Careers page for direct application. Applications should include a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria and current resume.

Applications close: 4 May 2026

Explore all the great things happening at LRH by visiting our Careers and Training page of our website www.lrh.com.au/Careers-and-Training/ and take the next step in your career journey.

Before commencement, the successful applicant will

Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.